{{quote|There's only one Dragon in Bywater, and that's Green.|[[Ted Sandyman]]<ref>{{FR|I1}}</ref>}}

{{quote|There's only one Dragon in Bywater, and that's Green.|[[Ted Sandyman]]<ref>{{FR|I1}}</ref>}}

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The '''Green Dragon''' was one of the many inns of [[the Shire]]. It was located in [[Bywater]] on the [[Bywater Road]] and was the building nearest to [[Hobbiton]],<ref name="Scouring">{{RK|VI8}}</ref> being one mile southeast from the bridge over [[the Water]] that led to [[Bag End]].<ref name="Mutton">{{H|Mutton}}</ref>

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The '''Green Dragon''' was one of the many inns of [[the Shire]]. It was located in [[Bywater]] on the [[Bywater Road]] and was the building nearest to [[Hobbiton]],<ref name="Scouring">{{RK|VI8}}</ref> being one mile southeast from the bridge over [[the Water]] that led to [[Bag End]].<ref name="Mutton">{{H|Mutton}}</ref> As such, [[Hobbits]] from both villages could be seen there.

==History==

==History==

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:The Green Dragon is the location of several scenes. The activities from the [[Ivy Bush]] were relocated here. [[Rose Cotton|Rose Cotton]] appears there, implying that she works there as a barmaid.

:The Green Dragon is the location of several scenes. The activities from the [[Ivy Bush]] were relocated here. [[Rose Cotton|Rose Cotton]] appears there, implying that she works there as a barmaid.

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'''2002: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|Vivendi's The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''

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'''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]:'''

On 12 April3018, the same day that Gandalf returned to the Shire after many years,[5]Samwise Gamgee was visiting the Green Dragon when the talk turned to Tree-men, one of whom had been seen by Sam's cousin Hal. Although queer tales had begun to be heard in the Shire the hobbits at the inn, especially Ted Sandyman, laughed at Sam's story.[6]

When Frodo, Merry, Pippin, and Sam returned to Bywater on 2 November3019[7] they found the Green Dragon closed with broken windows and a half dozen Ruffians loitering nearby. When they insulted Frodo the other three hobbits drove the men away.[2]

After the Ruffians and Sharkey had either been killed or driven away the Green Dragon Inn was undoubtedly restored.

Other Versions of the Legendarium

In the original version of Thorin's letter to Bilbo, the rendezvous point for the start of the journey to the Lonely Mountain was the Great Mill.[8] Not long before the story was published this was changed to the inn, first named the Green Man and finally the Green Dragon.[9]